What are the Costs and Reasons for Exceeding Credit Limit and Increased Memory Use in Pipedream?

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Hey Pipedream folks,
I’m still fairly new to using pipedream and recently noticed that I went over my credit limit due to one of my workflows requiring more memory. I have a couple questions about this:

  1. On and advanced plan, I went over my 2,000 credit limit by over double. What will this cost me? I can’t find a dollar amount anywhere in the pipedream docs
  2. Can anyone here help me understand why the refactoring I did increased the amount of memory my automation is using?
    Any help will be greatly appreciated! :pray:
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There are various factors controlling credit usage:
• Workflow memory, which is manually configured (1 credit per multiple of 256MB)
• Workflow execution time (X credit per 30 seconds)
• Segments of execution (when workflows are suspended/resumed, or when branching is used) begin a new 30 second count.
All of this is visible when configuring your workflows:

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For the extra credit usage, you can see the cost on the Pipedream pricing page:

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So if you used 4000 credits on your advanced plan:
• The first 2000 are included.
• The next 2000 are $0.015 each (so $30)

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And if you used 10,000:
• The first 2000 are included.
• The next 8000 are $0.009 each (so $72)

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But if you used 9000:
• The first 2000 are included.
• The next 7000 are $0.015 each (so $105)

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